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Photos from this Week’s Sunday Hike

Photos from this Week’s Sunday Hike

Hi web visitors, Here are some photos from our hike this Sunday. We had five hikers! It is one of the highlights of the week, and a nice way to hang out because most folks work on deeply personal issues, so you get to know someone in a real way, not like chit chat at...

Does Tapping Work?

Dear Doctor David, I am interested in your Scared Stiff anxiety workshop, as 95% of my primary care patients deal with this in some way, and I would argue that it is more common and in some ways more harmful than depression. I am a fan of CBT. Question: is TFT...
Which Book Will Help Me the Most?

Which Book Will Help Me the Most?

Dear Dr. Burns I suffer from social anxiety and depression. I feel that I don’t need to see a therapist and believe that CBT will be enough to help me. I have purchased three of your books: The Feeling Good Handbook, Ten Days to Self Esteem and Intimate...

Is Suicide Justified?

Dear Doctor David, I read your book Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, with much interest. I think almost all what you say still applies today. But I have a question: in the book when you discuss suicide, you don’t mention physical pain as a reason. I...

Anxiety and Magical Thinking

Hi web visitors, The following is a note about anxiety that I just sent to my Tuesday training group at Stanford this week, and it occurred to me that you might find it of interest. You may need the definition of Outcome Resistance and Process Resistance to grasp the...